BRITTEN: WAR REQUIEM - BOSTRIDGE, KEENLYSIDE, NOSEDRA, LONDON SYMPHONY (2 CDS)

Britten: War RequiemGianadrea NosedaLondon SymphonyOrchestra & ChorusIan Bostridge;Simon Keenlyside;Sabina Cvilak “Noseda seeks to take the audience from the edge of consciousness to the blazing fires of the battlefield…Bostridge spins a beautiful line … Keenlyside is excellent throughout…Decisive and confident, Sabina Cvilak has the Slavic edge that has seemed hard-wired into the part since the incomparable Vishnevskaya” (Gramophone) “a scintillating achievement…Sabina Cvilak’s soprano has the focus … Bostridge brings piercing sincerity … Keenlyside – sonorous, commanding … an important issue: Noseda’s judgement of pace is unerring, and the orchestra and chorus simply superb. (BBC Music 4*) “LSO and Chorus are on cracking form, the soloists are as good as you will get…No one should be without (Britten’s) but 50 years later, Noseda’s dramatic, pulsating account represents another landmark.” (Financial Times) Disc 11. i. Requiem Aeternam – Requiem aeternam 3:362. ii. Requiem Ae